The Vietnam War : an almanac /
The thousand-year-long struggle for Vietnamese autonomy is revealed in a day-by-day account from earliest history to the present. Over 150 illustrations, plus a color supplement highlighting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, amplify the text. There are brief biographies of more...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
World Almanac Publications : Distributed in the United States by Ballantine Books,
1985.
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| Series: | A Bison book
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| Summary: | The thousand-year-long struggle for Vietnamese autonomy is revealed in a day-by-day account from earliest history to the present. Over 150 illustrations, plus a color supplement highlighting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, amplify the text. There are brief biographies of more than sixty of the major political and military figures -- American, French, South and North Vietnamese. Topical essays by experts on weapons and tactics are also included. |
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| Item Description: | "A Bison book." |
| Physical Description: | 512 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 506-507) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780345326317 0345326318 9780911818857 0911818855 0441657400 9780441657407 |